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• NCL registers 17% growth in coal production during first half of FY18

  05 Oct 2017

  Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL), a subsidiary of Coal India, today said it has registered a 17 per c... . ...Read More

• India’s August coal shipments fall 14%

  05 Oct 2017

  Coal shipments handled by major Indian ports in August fell over 14% from a year earlier to 9.3 mi... . ...Read More

• Coal India output rises second straight month as plants buy more

  04 Oct 2017

  Coal India Ltd., the world’s biggest producer of the fuel, reported its second straight year... . ...Read More

• NLC seeks global, private firms to develop 2 coal mines in Odisha

  04 Oct 2017

  Lignite miner and power producer NLC India Ltd has invited domestic and foreign companies to devel... . ...Read More

• Coal India misses April-Sept production target by 11.43 mt

  04 Oct 2017

  State-owned Coal India produced 231.87 million tonnes (MT) of coal in April-September period this ... . ...Read More

• Coal India mulls entering minerals mining

  03 Oct 2017

  World’s largest coal miner Coal India is considering a proposal to diversify into mining of ... . ...Read More

• Coal India to invest Rs15,000 crore this fiscal for capex, other projects

  03 Oct 2017

  The world’s largest coal miner, CIL (Coal India Limited), is lining up nearly Rs8,500 crore ... . ...Read More

• Power plants near mines will lift coal through road: Coal Ministry

  22 Sep 2017

  The coal ministry today said power plants located within a 60 km range of mine pit heads shall aug... . ...Read More

• TN seeks adequate supply of coal

  22 Sep 2017

  Tamil Nadu has urged the Centre to ensure adequate supply of coal and allotment of railway coaches... . ...Read More

• Diverging fortunes: China coal futures sink while physical firms

  22 Sep 2017

  China’s physical thermal coal prices strengthened on Thursday as traders worried about logja... . ...Read More

• India not a climate villain despite 65% rise in coal use by 2040, even as China cuts down

  21 Sep 2017

  While the world’s biggest polluters such as China and the US cut their coal usage over the n... . ...Read More

• Coal India dispatches 0.88 mt coal to power sector on Sep 17

  20 Sep 2017

  Coal India today said it has supplied 0.88 million tonnes of dry fuel to the power sector out of i... . ...Read More

• Goyal promises smooth coal supply to power plants by early October

  20 Sep 2017

  Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that his ministry is taking steps to ensure smooth coal... . ...Read More

• Two Adani Power companies secure over 1/3rd of CIL coal

  20 Sep 2017

  Two Adani Power companies managed to secure a shade over one third of the total coal auctioned by ... . ...Read More

• World reliance on coal will last for decades, report finds

  19 Sep 2017

  Renewable energy, gas and ­nuclear power will be the world’s fastest growing forms of en... . ...Read More